Something NEW to LOVE from Tim Holtz!
Something NEW to LOVE! Tim Holtz’s latest stamp set features 14 hearts in various shapes and sizes, along with heartfelt sentiments like “XOXOXO,” “With all my heart,” and “Love and let love.” This versatile collection adds a touch of love and emotion to your crafting projects, ideal for cards, scrapbooks, and creative endeavors. Explore the hearts and sentiments to infuse your creations with warmth and creativity.
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Crafting Wanderlust: Birthday Card for Your Adventurous Bestie: Yippee for Yana
Hi friends! Please join me in welcoming back the oh-so-talented and amazing Yana Smakula! (Please note: our dear friend Yana is Ukrainian. To show support to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, please see Yana’s post HERE.)
Hello, crafters, this is Yana Smakula for Simon Says Stamp! Welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video!
In this video, I have a birthday card to share that I created for my travel bestie. I have 2 girlfriends who have also become my travel besties in 2023, we’ve gone on several trips together in 2023 and every time we get together, the hop topic on the discussion agenda is where are we going to travel next, when the next airplane tickers sale is, and what cool places we can explore. And one of these girlfriends, her Birthday is coming up soon so I decided it would be really fun to create a travel theme birthday card for her.
I searched my stash for stamp sets that would work well for the idea that I had in mind and I found several older sets from Simon that all combined wonderfully on this project. Be sure to watch my video for the detailed how-to.
First, I made a background by ink blending a giant sun using Sherbet, Watermelon, and Lipstick Red inks on the Sunshine panel using the largest circle mask. Boom! That sun is so impactful! The sentiment was stamped using several sets:
- Happy Birthday and Let’s Get This Party Started – Put Your Party Hat On
- Book a Flight – stamp surgery done on 2 small sentiments from the Miss You Missy stamp set
- The Beach is Calling My Name – Let’s Get Away
Added the background to A2 top folding card base.
Next, I stamped the beach umbrella, chair, hat, cocktail, and SPF bottle using images from the Let’s Get Away set. These were colored using Copics:
- RV00, RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14
- E33, E37, E11
- Y35
- C1, Colorless Blender
- W1, W3
I cut images out using coordinating dies and popped them up on the ink-blended background with foam adhesive squares. The card is almost done.
For that one extra touch, I stamped a snarky sentiment on the inside of the card using the Sassy Flaps stamp set.
And lastly, I added seagulls on the front using the Seas and Greetings set. Have fun stamping! -Yana
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Did You Know? February 2024 Edition!
Hi friends! Happy STAMPtember® eve! Today I have a new edition of our popular Did You Know series!
Simon Says Stamp Monthly Card Kit Subscription—Better than EVER!
Have you heard about our reimagined Monthly Card Kit Subscription program? We’ve made it SO easy for you to not only subscribe to our exclusive Monthly Kits, but also manage your subscription like never before. You can now add additional products to your kit (with no extra shipping charges), skip a kit for whatever reason, your subscription automatically charges each month to your preferred payment method… the perks are amazing! Be sure to what the exclusive video guide we’ve created to see all the perks included, step-by-step instructions on how to manage your subscription, and more!
20 Years of Distress + $500 Giveaway!
Can you believe we’re celebrating the amazing milestone of 20 Years for Tim Holtz Distress products?! WOW!!! To make the celebration even better, we’re unveiling special surprises each month focused on Distress products AND we’re giving away a $500 Simon Says Stamp gift card EVERY MONTH! How do you get a chance at winning this awesome prize? Simply make a project using ANY Tim Holtz Distress products and tag us on social media with hashtag #SSS20YearsOfDistress. Every month we will randomly select a winner from the posts in that hashtag. You can enter as many times as you want!
And stay tuned to our Simon Says Stamp Blog at the beginning of each month to see what the next surprise is. Do you want to know what the surprise is for the month of February? 20% off all Tim Holtz Distress Surfaces!
Tim Holtz Mini Blending Tool
Speaking of Tim Holtz Distress products, have you seen his newest tool—the Tiny Blending Tool? These itty bitty foam sponge applicators are the perfect size for controlled blending! These fit into small spaces and are great for trying to use multiple colors on your ink blended projects. We have different bundle options available, too! If you want a whole bunch of these cuties (raising my hand!), you can get them with a single add to your cart. The Tiny Blending Foam refills are also available in bundles, too!
Get More From Your Toner Foiling!
Do you love to foil with toner products? If so, you’ll want to discover the joy of using all the “leftover” foils we often end up tossing into the trash. Products like the Picket Fence Studios’ Fabulous Foiling Toner Cardstock offers you beautiful colors and patterns of toner-printed designs that can be used with the leftover piece of foil. In this example I foiled the outline hearts with the Pink and Main Loopy Hearts Foilables (I also used their Boysenberry foil); after running the foilable through my Mini Minc machine, I used the excess foil on top of the Fabulous Foiling Toner Cardstock and got a second background with the reverse of the Loopy Hearts transferred onto it! How cool is that???
I hope these tips have helped you learn a few tricks for your upcoming crafting projects… Thanks for tuning in today and spending some time with me!
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